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Responding to Emergencies
3 October 2009

LAOS: First WFP Emergency Food Deliveries Reach Villagers Affected By Ketsana

VIENTIANE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing first emergency food assistance to communities in Sekong affected by Typhoon Ketsana. In the worst hit areas, provincial authorities are distributing ...
Responding to Emergencies
2 October 2009

Laos: WFP Rolls Out Rapid Response to Reach Flood Victims as Region Braces for More Storms

VIENTIANE  – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly expanding its operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to reach flood-affected populations following a typhoon which hit the ...
16 October 2007

FAO insists on food as a human right: World Food Day theme seeks renewed commitment to the Right to Food

FAO has called for a renewed commitment to guarantee the right to food for the world\'s hundreds of millions of hungry people.
16 October 2007

UN Secretary-General stresses role of human rights in eradicating hunger in World Food Day message

Read UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon message to mark World Food Day, which this year promotes the Right to Food.
4 May 2005

Lao government gives WFP top award for ground-breaking work with vulnerable poor

Bangkok - The Government of Laos has given WFP\'s outgoing representative in the Southeast Asian country its highest possible award for a foreigner in recognition of his efforts through the agency to assist the hungry poor in Laos over the past five years.